Pajnt-brush protector



(No Model.)

H. DISOHINGER.

PAINT BRUSH PROTECTOR. I No. 271,814. Patented Feb.'6-, 1883.

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UNITED STAT S.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY DISOHINGER, OF ELMORE, OHIO.

PAINT-BRUSH PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,814, dated Februaly 6, 1883. I I Application filed October 20, 1882. (No model.) I h To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY DISGHINGER, of Elmore, in the county of Ottawa and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Paint-Brush Protector; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear and complete description thereof.

This improvement. relates to a protector for .This article may also be used by the manufacturer for protect ng new brushes for the trade.

For a more full and complete description of the said invention reference will be had to the following specifications and t0 the annexed drawings, making part of the same.-

Figure 1 is a side view of the case and brush therein; Fig. 2, a view of the front thereof; Fig.3, a sectional view of the case in direction of the line a m, Fig. 2, with the brush therein; Fig. 4, a View ofthe upper end, showing the brush. I 7

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

- It is well known among those engaged in the I art of painting that brushes become seriously injured, and for some work rendered useless, by the hair or bristles becoming curled and sprung apart, which is particularly the case with fine brushes. It is the practice to place brushes togetherin water, with the hair or bristles resting on the bottom of the vessel containing the water. 111 thisway the bristles become softened, bent, and twisted out of place, and need cleaning before being used, because of the mingling of the colors from the brushes when mixed together with the dirt in the vessel. These objections are avoided by the herein-deseribed protector, which may be made of sheet tin, brass, orany other suitable material.

In the drawings, A represents the said protector, which consists of a case or box, either angular or tubular, adapted to the form and size of the brush. The one herein described is wedge-shaped, and in two sections, B O, which are connected together by a hinge or pin joint, D, Figs. 1 and 2. This joint allows the case tobe opened, as indicated by the dotted line a, Fig.1, to receive the brush, and is then closed. The section B forms a cover for the section 0, and is provided with flanges E at the sides and end, which lap on over the sides and-end of section 0, as seen in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. The

two sections when closed are held together by clips or hooks G H, hinged at I I to the section B, and extending-across the open end of the case and hook on overthe edge of the section B, as seen at J J, Figs.2 and 3. By this means the two sections of the case are clasped together at the open end, while the sections are connected together at the otherend by a hingejoint at D D, substantially as set forth.

In using the protector it is opened, and the brush, whether dry or charged with paint, is laid in the section B with the hair or bristles straightened out, Whichis readilydone by drawin the direction of the open end thereof, which willcause the bristles to lie smoothly and,

straight with each other, thereby pi'eve'nting the curling and springing of the bristles.

It willbe seen that the brush, when in the case, is confined upon all sides byit, according to the form or shape of the article, as the cases may be made or shaped to receive the different forms of brushes in use without departing from the nature of said invention. it

After a brush has been used and charged with paint or varnish itmay be inclosed within the case and carried in the pocket, or otherwise, without imparting its paint outside of the case, and when in the case it maybe placed in water, as is usually done, and for the same purpose, which will keep the brush in good condition and free from dirt and the paintfrom other brushes in the same water-vessel.

What I claim'as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A paint brush protector consisting of a hollow case formed in two sections, and hinged together at one end and provided with books or clamps at the other to secure the two sections together, arranged to allow the said sections to open and close for the reception, reten- 10 sides of the adjoining section, and fastened together by clips or hooks for holding the brush within the case, arranged in the mannersubstantially as set forth. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY DISOHINGER.

Witnesses W. H. BURRIDGE, J. H. BURRIDGE. 

